Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa
Subtitle: contesting authority
By: Shireen Hassim.
Series: Women in Africa and the diaspora
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Women in politics -- South Africa; Women and democracy -- South Africa; Feminism -- South Africa; Women -- South Africa -- Societies and clubs; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement; title: Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism; title: The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-1990; title: The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation; title: The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated; title: From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement; title: Voting for democracy : women as an electoral constituency; title: 'One woman, one desk, one typist' : moving into the bureaucracy; title: Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.